Joselyne — girls' name
1,153 babies named Joselyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Joselyne was born in this single decade.
101 babies were named Joselyne in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joselyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,153 babies named Joselyne between 1986 and 2023, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joselyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 101 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joselyne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 541 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joselyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 349 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Joselyne in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joselyne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,153 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joselyne at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joselyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1986
- Peak year (2007)
- 101
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
1,153 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 101 births in a single year.
Joselyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 541 births that decade — 47% of Joselyne's all-time total
Joselyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 541 births
- Runner-up 341 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joselyne's strongest decade
541 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Joselyne by state
Where Joselyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 349 | 30.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 159 | 13.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 25 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 17 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
349 of 1,153 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.3% of nationwide
- Texas 13.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.